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Cape Refuge

Terri Blackstock

2002385 pagesabout 6–9 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Zondervan · 385 pages · ENGISBN 9780310235927
  • 2003Walker Large Print · 567 pages · ENGISBN 9781410401397
  • 2003Thorndike Press · 567 pages · ENGISBN 9780786255214
  • 2005Zondervan · ENGISBN 9780310264439

Mystery and suspense combine in this first book in an exciting new 4-book series by best-selling author Terri Blackstock. Thelma and Wayne Owens run a bed and breakfast in Cape Refuge, Georgia. They minister to the seamen on the nearby docks and prisoners just out of nearby jails, holding services in an old warehouse and taking many of the 'down-and-outers' into their home. They have two daughters: the dutiful Morgan who is married to Jonathan, a fisherman, and helps them out at the B& B, and Blair, the still-single town librarian, who would be beautiful if it weren't for the serious scar on the side of her face. After a heated, public argument with his in-laws, Jonathan discovers Thelma and Wayne murdered in the warehouse where they held their church services. Considered the prime suspect, Jonathan is arrested. Grief-stricken, Morgan and Blair launch their own investigation to help Matthew Cade, the town's young police chief, find the real killer. Shady characters and a raft of suspects keep the plot twisting and the suspense building as we learn not only who murdered Thelma and Wayne, but also the secrets about their family's past and the true reason for Blair's disfigurement.

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AtmosphereWhimsical

How it reads

Plot intensityEventful

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ThemesJustice
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